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And again it's the normies that suffer this abuse from these companies and it's not going to stop. Yes we can use custom roms, esoteric ADB hacks etc. to stop t

by dtx1 5y ago

And again it's the normies that suffer this abuse from these companies and it's not going to stop. Yes we can use custom roms, esoteric ADB hacks etc. to stop this abuse but your average consumer? They can't. Their devices they trust a significant part of their life with gets invaded by these sick marketing people thinking it's somehow conceivable for this to be OK. And there are developers out there that comply with that, that indeed help them. It takes decades for legislation to fix these issues, until then it is our duty to stop this where ever we can. Please stop helping these sick corpo fucks. Do not implement this shit, do not help them abuse their customers against their will. Remember all those ethical dilemmas presented in Star Trek? Remember the evil Admiral ordering Captain Picard to do something against his conscious? "There are times, sir, when... men of good conscience cannot blindly follow orders."[0]. Remember these lessons when they ask you to abuse the privacy and freedom of their customers and DO NOT COMPLY! [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbVKLfmCDxgWe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbVKLfmCDxgWe

zentiggr 5y ago
And then you run up against the old saying (paraphrased) "You cannot convince someone whose livelihood depends on not being convinced"... the only way to stop this sort of behavior is to change the legalities such that marketers can be sued out of existence for anything considered shady practices. Then push that line every time something new comes up. Unless these asshats are hit on the nose with newspapers when they shit in your house, they'll never learn to take it elsewhere.
- dtx1 5y ago
  Do not expect these people to understand. Make it impossible for them to act instead. Your average marketing person pushing more and more intrusive ads has the technological prowess of a 3rd grader. They cannot do their malicious business without support from programmers that actually understand the technology they abuse.

by dtx1 5y ago

zentiggr 5y ago

And then you run up against the old saying (paraphrased) "You cannot convince someone whose livelihood depends on not being convinced"... the only way to stop this sort of behavior is to change the legalities such that marketers can be sued out of existence for anything considered shady practices. Then push that line every time something new comes up. Unless these asshats are hit on the nose with newspapers when they shit in your house, they'll never learn to take it elsewhere.

dtx1 5y ago
Do not expect these people to understand. Make it impossible for them to act instead. Your average marketing person pushing more and more intrusive ads has the technological prowess of a 3rd grader. They cannot do their malicious business without support from programmers that actually understand the technology they abuse.